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Dead Goon posted:I stopped watching Breaking Bad after they met the dude who managed the restaurant, and he bought them nice beakers and pots and pans and poo poo. At least go back and watch Pine Barrens, which is generally regarded one of the finest single episodes of a TV show. It's hilarious, & fantastically directed. Honestly don't think The Sopranos works with just watching the ending. But then I love it & never got bored of it so 
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Dec 5, 2023 13:06
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The Question IRL posted:I didn't like Avenue 5, but I accept that it was for a pretty dumb reason. I'm going to be honest with you The Question IRL, I'm not sure that that is actually a better show than what we got. But yes, it's unfortunate you were told about this amazing twist because it's less about the twist, which isn't really a twist & couldn't be, because the show is more about the tension between the secret & them trying to keep it a secret. And also the grotesque absurdity of the ultrawealthy.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:09
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The Good Place did a great job too, it's an ongoing story but each episode has its own premise, as does each season, so they all have a pretty distinct feel.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:14
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i consume passable content.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:16
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You'd be contentstipated if you didn't.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:20
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I'm really happy to see that Farage is experiencing Hancock levels of success https://twitter.com/jacksurfleet/status/1731804327096832021
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Dec 5, 2023 13:26
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Mega Comrade posted:British TV seems to suffer from this much less. Atleast when it comes to BBC and Channel 4, 2 seasons and done, even for hugely popular shows is common. I'm pretty much the same, and the bolded is by far the biggest difference it has made to my life. It also makes it easier to move to other jobs since you have some saved and consequently (I think at least) employers are less able to treat you like poo poo.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:28
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fuctifino posted:I'm really happy to see that Farage is experiencing Hancock levels of success I’ve been watching the show and all it has done is spotlight the fundamental genius of Farage’s brand of conservatism. He’s come across as the jolly, affable man down the pub with a pint of bitter in his hand , as opposed to the insane shrieking weirdos who make up the majority of the Tory party. The idea that he was going to go in there and become a hate figure for his monstrous views was laughable.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:31
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What I’m saying is - Ant and Dec will ultimately be remembered for ushering in 20 years of BritFash under PM Nigel Farage
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Dec 5, 2023 13:33
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Ozark is my favourite of those Crime Dramas and it's not even close. Just fantastic from the start. Though deeply oppressive, every episode is a fifty-minute anxiety attack even if nothing seems to be happening.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:36
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HopperUK posted:Ozark is my favourite of those Crime Dramas and it's not even close. Just fantastic from the start. Though deeply oppressive, every episode is a fifty-minute anxiety attack even if nothing seems to be happening. An undercooked Breaking Bad ripoff that tried to be edgy by dialling up the white balance to 7000. Rapidly descended into absurdity once the hillbilly granny hooked up with the redneck teen
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Dec 5, 2023 13:39
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smellmycheese posted:An undercooked Breaking Bad ripoff that tried to be edgy by dialling up the white balance to 7000. Rapidly descended into absurdity once the hillbilly granny hooked up with the redneck teen This isn't an empty quote
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Dec 5, 2023 13:45
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The best American serial tv show was Spartacus.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:47
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HopperUK posted:Ozark is my favourite of those Crime Dramas and it's not even close. Just fantastic from the start. Though deeply oppressive, every episode is a fifty-minute anxiety attack even if nothing seems to be happening. I watched the first episode of Ozark about a decade ago and was too depressed to continue.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:48
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notaspy posted:This isn't an empty quote Let’s not forget the guy who had his dick shot off by the granny subsequently just forgetting all about that by the next series and deciding they were friends lol
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Dec 5, 2023 13:48
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Pablo Bluth posted:The best American serial tv show was Spartacus. That was new zealandish
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Dec 5, 2023 13:51
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Rewatch the Young Ones probably reflects modern Britain still
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Dec 5, 2023 13:52
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Diet Crack posted:Rewatch the Young Ones They'd all be Tory landlords now
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Dec 5, 2023 13:53
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Watch both The Wire & Breaking Bad once a year, The Wire wins every drat time. I watched Boardwalk Empire once but even with some good acting it just didn't click at all. My Xmas viewing this year will be Rome, seasons 1&2, RIP Ray Stevenson.  --------- Was going through my spending for this year; heading for £6k spent overall (no mortgage on my house thank god). My only income is Premium Bonds, for the next 14 years. 
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Dec 5, 2023 13:54
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NotJustANumber99 posted:That was new zealandish
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Dec 5, 2023 13:56
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Pablo Bluth posted:Was it? I was too distracted by all the tits and cocks to notice. That wasn't Spartacus, it was the house of commons.
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Dec 5, 2023 13:57
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I guess I only mentioned it recently but Mad Men owns, I'm only halfway through but I slept on it for way too long. Just a complete idiot bumbling his way to success because he's a tall white guy with a deep voice, it's hilarious and even more hilarious that goons started modelling themselves on Don Draper
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Dec 5, 2023 13:57
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forkboy84 posted:I'm going to be honest with you The Question IRL, I'm not sure that that is actually a better show than what we got. But yes, it's unfortunate you were told about this amazing twist because it's less about the twist, which isn't really a twist & couldn't be, because the show is more about the tension between the secret & them trying to keep it a secret. And also the grotesque absurdity of the ultrawealthy. Oh I fully accept it might not be an objectively better plot than the one they did. It's just an idea I came up with, and often we love those more than reality. (See the numerous examples of people coming up with fan theory's, and hating the shows because they never match up to what was in their own head.) Also it was less I was spoiled on what "the twist" was, and that I was told bluntly "there is a twist" and just the knowledge it existed made my mind go off on its own crazy tangent. smellmycheese posted:An undercooked Breaking Bad ripoff that tried to be edgy by dialling up the white balance to 7000. Rapidly descended into absurdity once the hillbilly granny hooked up with the redneck teen And an ending that was built up and up and the creators swore this would be the final story. And then it literally ends with nothing happening and in a perfect position to continue if they want 5-10 years down the line. One thing I will say about Ozarks is the locations and filming are absolutely beautiful. If you have a 4K subscription and can watch it on OLED it is worth it purely for that.
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Dec 5, 2023 14:19
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The Question IRL posted:Oh I fully accept it might not be an objectively better plot than the one they did. It's just an idea I came up with, and often we love those more than reality. (See the numerous examples of people coming up with fan theory's, and hating the shows because they never match up to what was in their own head.) The filming is poo poo. Cranking up the white balance achieves what exactly? The cold chilly world of, erm, Missouri ? It’s balls Plus the fact it was all shot in Georgia for tax reasons lol. Really captured that Ozark vibe smellmycheese fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Dec 5, 2023 14:22
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God I hate this country, I am currently in the process of trying for the Fiance Visa for my partner, she is going for her Biometrics tomorrow, and I dont earn anything close to the £38.7k that they are increasing the requirement to... I am hoping that we will be grandfathered in under the current requirements but even if that goes through, what will it mean for the Spouse visa when we get married next year? Will being on the fiance visa keep those requirements too? Will I suddenly have to magic up another 20k of earnings? I am so stressed out from this, its unreal. Getting to marry and live with my partner should not be a thing only granted to the financially privileged FiftySeven fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Dec 5, 2023 14:27
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Some immigration lawyer places will tell you the answers to some basic questions for free, hopefully like the ones you have above. If poo poo gets complicated they're definitely worth it if you can afford one. I wish I could have when I was in the process of settling here, and even then it was way easier than it is now In my experience though yes they do grandfather stuff like that but with the current lot who knows
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Dec 5, 2023 14:39
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Googling about will point you to some forums for help too. Sometimes people there can tell you, or at the very least be a place to vent. The process can be incredibly stressful and a lot of people here just assume it's all easy if everything is above board
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Dec 5, 2023 14:40
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Use your right of free movement to escape this rotten borough and live in Ireland.
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Dec 5, 2023 14:42
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That's honestly been a popular solution for a while, also similar for non-EU with other more permissive EU countries back when that was an option. Quite seriously it might be the only option. It's not all that bad IMO, you can always move to the UK once you have the citizenship.
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Dec 5, 2023 14:44
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I wish leaving was an option, but I am a small business owner and upending my life and moving really isnt on the cards... If the worst comes to worst, I will do what I have to do, but this whole thing is just horrifying. The Tories prove time and time again that they dont live in the real world, and setting the earnings requirements so high is just more proof of that. How many workers in the UK actually earn that sort of money? Do they understand or care that their policies are going to literally rip families apart? No. Of course they dont care. Cunts.
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Dec 5, 2023 14:48
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Private Speech posted:That's honestly been a popular solution for a while, also similar for non-EU with other more permissive EU countries back when that was an option. Thanks for the vote of confidence, lol. But yeah, if you can find somewhere to live in Ireland it seems a lot better than the bleak fash landscape of Toryland these days. And having gone through visa stuff with my non-EU partner it's permissive and easy as hell here compared to most places
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Dec 5, 2023 14:50
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I don't think the government even know any of the answers to all this poo poo, they're just making things up to appeal to the Reform UK crowd. That doesn't help anyone when the wheels eventually fall off and they're stood there with their thumbs in their rear end with no answers to anything, but I don't think even any immigration lawyers have many concrete answers other than "hope the Supreme Court discovers that the whole thing was written on ricicles boxes and is legally invalid."
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Dec 5, 2023 14:50
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FiftySeven posted:How many workers in the UK actually earn that sort of money? Do they understand or care that their policies are going to literally rip families apart? No. Of course they dont care. Cunts. Seems to be set for the top 30% of earners, so uh, not that many.
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Dec 5, 2023 14:53
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Failed Imagineer posted:Thanks for the vote of confidence, lol. Lol yeah tell me about it. To get a working visa for the UK about 12 years ago the form was about 50 pages, I gave up and paid a lawyer about £250 to do it for me. Took about a month The working holiday form for Ireland was just over a page and took me 5 minutes to fill in myself. I had it granted in a few days
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Dec 5, 2023 14:54
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el dingo posted:Lol yeah tell me about it. To get a working visa for the UK about 12 years ago the form was about 50 pages, I gave up and paid a lawyer about £250 to do it for me. Took about a month I've managed to renew my Irish passport online and have it delivered to my house within 24 hours. Despite the usual generalised awfulness of bureaucracy, some specific parts can work extremely well
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Dec 5, 2023 14:55
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I'm just renewing my Czech passport while visiting family over Christmas and while it's not as nice as that you can still get it done within 5 days or 24 hours for a small surcharge (normally it's free but takes up to 30 days). You do have to do it in person since they take new biometrics, but it's still a world of difference from the UK system, which appears to be "pay a chunk of money and fill out a bunch of forms and then wait a few months".
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Dec 5, 2023 15:00
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It’s foolish to watch American TV shows before the entire series has concluded IMO; most of them either get renewed until the quality plummets or cancelled very early on. And there’s so many shows now it’s rare to even be able to talk about a recent episode with colleagues or friends. Wait until the whole thing is done and watch if it’s good as a whole. (I am a hypocrite because I’ve already started watching Severance 🤷🏻)
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Dec 5, 2023 15:05
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TACD posted:Severance Ah poo poo, now I can't get the theme out of my head. Another great bit of music, and a great season 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXoXnGw0irI e: Which seems to be partially stolen/inspired from this theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isdblo17THs fuctifino fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Dec 5, 2023 |
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Dec 5, 2023 15:11
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Guavanaut posted:I don't think the government even know any of the answers to all this poo poo, they're just making things up to appeal to the Reform UK crowd. I don't think it's just the reform crowd. "Immigration is too high" is a drum the media and politicians have been beating forever and has a lot of cross party support. Rwanda is an extreme solution but if you asked the average person on the street if we should lower immigration they would say yes. They have been tricked into believing it's the cause of all our problems and will probably be a trick Starmer continues using because it's so politically valuable a tool.
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Dec 5, 2023 15:19
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The spouse visa earning requirements can surely be challenged under human rights law. Iirc it was challenged unsuccessfully when first introduced (right to a family life), but the earnings threshold was low so the court didn't want to intervene against government policy. Setting the requirement so high to exclude basically everyone except the top earners is ridiculous, and surely must be considered disproportionate.
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